Re: CONLANG Digest - 31 Oct 2000 to 1 Nov 2000 (#2000-299)
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, November 3, 2000, 5:20 |
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Muke Tever wrote:
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> > From: daniel andreasson <daniel.andreasson@...>
> > I've never come across an abcdefg... keyboard, or heard of one.
Actually, in the early days of typewriters, quite a few manufacturers
used abcdef. There were many competing designs, and the qwerty won out,
partly because it prevented key jams, and partly because it was what was
used by the company that also had the best typewriter in terms of
technology.
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